Magna Bay Coral Garden
Dive site
The northernmost dive site in Saudi waters, tucked into Magna Bay just south of the Saudi-Jordanian border. A broad coral garden slopes from the waterline to 25 m across a gradually descending basalt shelf — the volcanic origin of the seafloor giving the hard corals a uniquely dark substrate backdrop. Table corals here reach widths rarely seen further south, and the aggregations of schooling anthias above them are dense enough to block the light. The site is emerging as a pilot zone for NEOM's marine research program, with permanent transect markers installed by Saudi Aramco marine scientists in 2023.
Conditions
Depth
3 to 26 m
Open water and up
Current
Variable
Can pick up on the edge
Visibility
18 to 30 m
Clearest in the calm season
Water
20 to 30°C
Shorty or skin
Month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water (°C) | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 24 | 22 |
| Vis (m) | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| Current | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
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